While Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures are here, the crypto market has been struggling. Litecoin, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency market capitalization, fell off a proverbial cliff earlier this hour. As of the time of writing this article, Litecoin is trading at $66.75, having lost 8% in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin, for some...
Quick take: Litecoin’s MimbleWimble privacy protocol has resulted in some South Korean exchanges issuing warnings about LTC. Upbit and Bithumb have advised crypto users of the risks associated with the privacy upgrade. Both exchanges cited South Korea’s Act on the Reporting and Use of Specific Financial Transaction Information. Bitcoin’s little...
In summary: On the 1st of this month, Litecoin’s MimbleWimble protocol was launched on the Testnet MimbleWimble developer, David Burkett, explained that the testnet version still has to undergo further testing before the Litecoin community can test it Full activation on the mainnet will be some time in 2021 On...
In summary: The senior developer behind Litecoin’s MimbleWimble protocol has provided a monthly update. He anticipates a mid-September Testnet launch. The protocol is meant to introduce confidential transactions on the Litecoin network and could be the spark that reignites investor interest in LTC. Earlier today, Litecoin’s Senior MimbleWimble Developer, David...
Nascar Driver Landon Cassill will receive his entire payment in Litecoin (LTC) Mr. Cassill will be the first Nascar Driver to be paid entirely in cryptocurrency The payment in Litcoin is part of a 19-race sponsorship deal with Voyager At one point, Charlie Lee helped Landon Cassill understand Litecoin when...
Litecoin is a “Payment Token” In a report from the IMF published late last year, but that only surfaced on Crypto Twitter over the past few days due to a tweet from the Litecoin Foundation’s Xinxi Wang, the monetary authority’ statistics department subtly gave Litecoin (LTC) its stamp of approval....
LTC Price Halves After Litecoin Halving Just like the rest of the cryptocurrency market, the Litecoin price has been absolutely slammed over recent weeks. As of the time of writing this, LTC has collapsed to $55, trading 3% lower than what the cryptocurrency was at 24 hours ago. While a...
Litecoin Seemingly in Rough Waters Over the past few weeks, Litecoin (LTC) has been subject to barrages of “FUD”. You see, since the cryptocurrency’s block reward reduction, the cryptocurrency has dipped dramatically, while fears around the project’s long-term success have festered. Indeed, Bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman called the altcoin nearly...
Komodo (KMD) platform will start using Litecoin for cross-chain notarizations The move is aimed at providing a cost-effective mechanism for 51% protection Komodo has been using Bitcoin but a need to reduce costs and scale has led to the switch to Litecoin The switch will happen in June of this...
Litecoin Tanks, Yet May Soon See Bounce Mere weeks ago, Litecoin (LTC) underwent its latest block reward reduction — also known as a “halving” or “halvening”. While many expected for this to kick off the cryptocurrency’s next surge, it didn’t. In fact. the popular altcoin plunged after the halving, falling...
Litecoin has activated the privacy protocol Mimblewimble. Mimblewimble allows the obfuscation of sender and recipient addresses, as well as transaction amounts. Privacy coins are frowned upon by the governments, so it remains to be seen how they will react. The Litecoin network has officially activated privacy protocol Mimblewimble, the Litecoin...
In brief: The Litecoin Foundation has announced a partnership with the legendary videogame company of Atari. LTC will now be accepted as a means of investing in the Atari token to be issued in September 2020. Additionally, LTC will become a payment option for purchasing the new Atari VCS gaming...
